The memorial at Kirk Ireton is located in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church
It consists of a plain stone cross mounted on a base, there are inscriptions in black letters on the front face of the base only:. “IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KIRK IRETON
Sources used: CWGC: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website (www.cwgc.org.uk) SD: Soldiers and Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 CD ROM, Naval and Military Press CHH10BNSF: A History of the 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 1914-1918 by C Housley 1911 Census information from Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) The First World War Campaign Medals DVD ROM, Naval and Military Press
It consists of a plain stone cross mounted on a base, there are inscriptions in black letters on the front face of the base only:.
“IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KIRK IRETON
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918”
ABELL, HENRY
R.G.A
ALLSOP, JOHN WILLAM
6TH SHERWOOD F.
BATES, JOHN
R.A.S.C.
FORD, LEONARD
6TH SHERWOOD F.
DYER, WILLIAM GEORGE
2ND K.O.Y.L.I.
CAULDWELL, ROBERT
1ST WEST YORKS
HODGKINSON, ARTHUR
4TH S. STAFFS.
DRANFIELD, FRANCIS
R.A.S.C.
WARD, HARRY
6TH SHERWOOD F.
GREATOREX, WILLIAM
6TH SHERWOOD F.
HITCHCOCK, WILFRED
R.F.A.
Sources used:
CWGC: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Website (www.cwgc.org.uk)
SD: Soldiers and Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 CD ROM, Naval and Military Press
CHH10BNSF: A History of the 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters 1914-1918 by C Housley
1911 Census information from Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk)
The First World War Campaign Medals DVD ROM, Naval and Military Press